Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A belching of wind from the stomach; a belch.
- noun A violent bursting forth or ejection of matter from the earth.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The act of belching wind from the stomach; a belch.
- noun A violent belching out or emitting, as of gaseous or other matter from the crater of a volcano, geyser, etc.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun The act of
belching , of expelling gas from the stomach through the mouth. - noun An
erumpent blast of gas, wind, or other matter ejected fromearthy depths.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a reflex that expels gas noisily from the stomach through the mouth
- noun (of volcanos) pouring out fumes or lava (or a deposit so formed)
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Examples
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Methanogens are microbes that make methane gas Cows also make methane in their stomachs and burp it out, this is called eructation - I though you'd like to know.
The Indignity of Commuting by Bicycle: Sounds, Sasquatch, Stupidity, and Specters BikeSnobNYC 2008
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Jameson over at the Big Idea attacks him for, in what I considered at the time to be a lengthy eructation of ill conceived, frequently picayune argument, unworthy of response.
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If faux erudition and willful misreading set your pants on fire, go have a bonfire with this lengthy eructation of ill conceived, frequently picayune argument contra James Wood’s How Fiction Works.
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Jameson over at the Big Idea attacks him for, in what I considered at the time to be a lengthy eructation of ill conceived, frequently picayune argument, unworthy of response.
James Wood criticized for doing what Literary Critics are supposed to do 2010
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If faux erudition and willful misreading set your pants on fire, go have a bonfire with this lengthy eructation of ill conceived, frequently picayune argument contra James Wood’s How Fiction Works.
Knocking Wood 2010
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Jameson over at the Big Idea attacks him for, in what I considered at the time to be a lengthy eructation of ill conceived, frequently picayune argument, unworthy of response.
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If faux erudition and willful misreading set your pants on fire, go have a bonfire with this lengthy eructation of ill conceived, frequently picayune argument contra James Wood’s How Fiction Works.
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But that eructation that day was in a different league.
Archive 2008-08-01 2008
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And finally Christopher Hitchens will deliver a poisonous eructation at book-length in The Devil is Not Great.
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I produced a 4-minute pilot episode of a children's cartoon called "Cow-a-dunga!" that addresses methane flatulance and eructation but in a funny way...
sonofgroucho commented on the word eructation
Burping or belching are briefer and better.
April 1, 2007
penhaligonblue commented on the word eructation
Discovered in T.S. Eliot's 'Burnt Norton'.
December 7, 2007
john commented on the word eructation
"Eructation of unhealthy souls
Into the faded air..."
Burt Norton, Four Quartets, T.S. Eliot
December 7, 2007
jorge999 commented on the word eructation
young boys like
showing off their eructations
November 6, 2009
ruzuzu commented on the word eructation
I hate the ones that are like the second definition from the Century Dictionary.
April 25, 2011
bilby commented on the word eructation
You prefer CD 1?
April 25, 2011
ruzuzu commented on the word eructation
I hate it when CD 1 feels like CD 2.
April 25, 2011
ruzuzu commented on the word eructation
I do, however, adore Wiktionary's "erumpent blast."
April 25, 2011
reesetee commented on the word eructation
I also like "earthy depths" (same definition).
April 25, 2011
yarb commented on the word eructation
I like wiktionary's erumpent blast and earthy depths as well. Well done wiktionary!
April 26, 2011
5814738 commented on the word eructation
"Two long trenches of flesh on Yagharek's shoulderblades were twisted and red with tissue that looked as if it were boiling. Slice marks spread like small veins from the main eructations of ugly healing." From Perdido Street Station by China Mieville.
September 22, 2011
qms commented on the word eructation
I believe in the Eskimo nation
That after a friendly collation
The best way to toast
The work of your host
Is to offer a loud eructation.
November 1, 2015